Traffic stop leads to weapons, drug charges; two children in vehicle
A traffic stop by the Nash County Sheriff's Office led to the arrest of a man on drug and weapons charges.
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Members of the Nash County Sheriff's Office Highway Interdiction Team stopped an SUV on Interstate 95 South at the 126.5 mile marker for speeding on Wednesday at around 7 a.m. Inside the vehicle were an adult and two small children. After speaking with the driver, a search resulted in the seizure of 31.5 grams of heroin, 51.2 grams of Fentanyl, 27 grams of marijuana, 23 Ecstasy pills and a 9mm handgun.
Anthony Cyquan Herring, 38, of Harmon Street in Orangeburg, S.C., was arrested and charged with two counts of trafficking heroin, felony possession of a firearm by a felon, felony possession of MDMA (Ecstasy), possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and carrying a concealed weapon. He was wanted for drug charges in Connecticut and South Carolina.
Herring was placed in the Nash County Detention Center under a $500,000 secured bond. The two children were taken to the sheriff's office until family members from out of state took them into custody.
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